Hose-coupling.



No. 648,|87'. Patented Apr. 24, I900;

J. E. BRIGHT.

HOSE COUPLING.

(Application filed Jan. 4. 1900.)

(No Model.)

wbZ/zess s J22 v-e zar NITED STATES PATENT HOSE-COUPLING.

I SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 648,187, dated April 24, 1900. Application filed January 4, 1900. Serial No. 381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. BRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful member of the coupler and against accidental displacement by having the flange thereof slipped over the flange on the male member andwhich can easily be removed therefrom. I accomplish this object bythe device described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which+ e Figure l is a cross-section of a piece of hose and my improved coupler. .Fig. 2 isa side view of the male member of my coupler.

In the drawi'ngs,'A is the hose. B is the externally-threaded male member of my coupler, the inner end of which-that is, the end which approaches the female member-derminates in an inverted-cone-shaped flange B of less diameter than the threaded portion,

over which flange the flange O of the washer C, of rubber or other equivalent material, slips. These flanges hold the washer securely against accidental separation from the male member of the coupler, and the washer is thereby always in place ready for use when it is desired to couple the sections of-the hose together or to a nozzle or a sprinkler. The female member D is provided with the usual internally-threaded coupling-nut E, which screws upon the threaded male member in the usual manner and holds the members of the' coupler together. I

WVhen hose is provided with my improved coupling, the end of the hydrant (not shown) to which the hose is coupled should be of the same construction as the end of the male herein.

slipped to provide a water-tight joint when the hose is coupled thereon.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A hosecoupling comprising a male mem- Y ber externally threaded and terminating in the end approaching the female member in aninverted-cone-shaped flange of less diameter than the threaded portion;.and a female member provided with an internally-threaded coupling-nut, substantially as: described 2. The combination ofahose-coupling,comprising a male member externally threaded and terminating, in the end approaching the member of the coupler which couples with female member, in aninverted-cone-shaped flange of less diameter thanthe threaded por- .tion; and afemale member provided with an internallythreaded coupling-nut with a "washer having a flange adapted to fit over the flange on the male member of the coupling.

3. Ahose-coupling,comprisingamale mem ber B, having flange B; female member D,

having coupling-nut E in combination with washer 0, having a flange 0, adapted. to fit over the flange of the male member of the coupling.

4:. The combination of a hydrant terminating at the hose-attaching end thereof in an inverted-cone-shaped flange of less diameter than the threaded portion; a washer having a flange adapted to fit over the flange on the hydrant; the female member of the coupling; and a section of hose attached to said female member, substantially as described herein.

In witness that I claim the foregoing Ihave hereunto subscribed my name, this 29th day of December, 1899, at Los Angeles, California.

JOSEPH E. BRIGHT.

. l/Vitnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, MATT MoGINNIs. 

